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(Application med Apr. 24, 1900.) (No Modal.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JACOB GRN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOI-IN H. BLOCK AND CHRISTIAN FAHLENDER, OF SAME PLACE.

TANK-WAGON FOR DELIVERING FERMENTED LIQUORS.

v SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patient N o. 666,051, dated January 15, 1901.

Application filed April 24, 1900. Serial No. 14,080. iNo model.)

T0 all whom, it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, JACOB GRN, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, borough of Manhattan, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tank-Wagons for Delivering Fermented Liquors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved tankwagon by which lager-beer and other fermented liquors can be delivered to customers in bulk, so as to dispense with the expense for buying, pitching, and washing delivery-barrels and racking off the fermented liquors into the same; and the invention consists of a tank-wagon for delivering fermented liquors which comprises a wheeled tank, a receiver for carbonio acid below said tank, a pipe connecting said receiver with the dome of the tankwagon, a valved supply-pipe, also connected with said dome, a discharge-pipe at the bottom of the tank provided with a stop-cock for drawing off the contents of the tank, and a valved pipe connecting the carbonio-acid receiver with the discharge-pipe, as will be fully described hereinafter and linally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of my improved tank-wagon for delivering fermented liquors. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 2 2, Fig. l, drawn on a larger scale; and Fig. 3 is a detail section of the discharge-pipe at itspoint of connection with the bottom ofthe tank.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a tank which is preferably made of boiler-iron and of cylindrical or other shape. The tank A is supported on a Wheeled frame B and provided at its upper part with a dome A', which has a manhole closed by a manholecover A2. The dome A is connected by a valved supply-pipe C and hose C with a collecting-tank in the cellar of the brewery when beer or other fermented liquor is to be charged into the tank A. This is preferably accomplished by the pressure of compressed air in the same manner as fermented liquids are transferred in breweries from one cask to the other. On the wheeled frame B are supported, below the tank A, one or tworeceivers R for liquid carbonic acid by means of straps r, which are attached to the frame B, the receivers being slipped into said straps and retained in position thereon. The receivers R are each provided with a pressurereducing valve d and pressure-gage e, as shown in Fig. l. The outlet-pipe of each receiver R is connected by a valved supply-pipe f with the dome A' of the tank A, so that the fermented liquid. after being charged into the tank can be held under a predetermined pressure of carbonio-acid gas, whereby the carbonio acid in the liquid is prevented from escaping while in transit. The tank A is provided at its rear part with an outlet-pipe G, which is connected with the bottom of the tank and provided with a stop-cock g for opening or closing the same. The dischargepipe G is connected by a valved pipe g' with the discharge-pipe of each receiver R.. The discharge-pipe G is further connected by a flexible hose H, which is coupled to the end of the same, with the supply-pipe of a beerdrawing apparatus the tank ot' which has to be filled with fermented liquid under pressure, said beer-drawing apparatus being located inthe basement of the building of the customer. After the beer-drawing apparatus is charged from the tank the hose is uncoupled and placed in suitable position on the wheeled frame of the tank. The tank Amay be provided with a gage i for indicating the level of the fermented liquid in the same, which may be arranged either on the front or rear head of the tank.

The tank-wagon is preferably provided with two receivers R, which are both connected with the dome of the tank and with the discharge-pipe G, so as to make either receiver available for supplying carbonio-acid gas under pressure to the dome or discharge-pipe. When the tank-wagon arrives at the place of delivery, the discharge-pipe is connected by the flexible hose H with a stand-pipe leading to the beer-drawing apparatus in the basement or cellar of the building. When the connections are properly made, the stop-cock of the discharge-pipe G is opened and the beer forced under pressure Iof carbonio acid IOO into the tank or tanks in thebasement of the building` until the same are filled. When this is accomplished, the stop-cock g of the discharge-pipe G is closed and the st0pcock of the connecting-pipe g opened, so that carbonic-acid gas under pressure is passed through the connecting-hose, and thereby all the beer in the same and in the stand-pipe forced out and an atmosphere of carbonicacid gas established in the same. After this is accomplished the stand-pipe leading to theV beer-drawing apparatus is closed, the stopcock of the con nec'ting-pipe gclosed, and the hose uncoupled and placed on the wheeled frame of the 'tank-wagon. The tank-wagon is then taken to the next customer, where the saine operation `of lling the beer-drawing apparatus is repeated in the. same manner, which operation is continued until the entire quantity of liquor in the tank is discharged and delivered. The tank is thenv `Vfilled with carbonic-acid gas, which is dis'- charged after the tank-wagon has been returned to the brewery. The tank is then` charged' again with a new supply of fermented liquor and sent out again for delivering it. When the tank-wagon gets back l to the brewery in the evening, the gas-sup` g ply pipefis iirst closed. The carbonite-acid gas in the tank is then allowed to escape byj opening the manhole-cover, and the tank.

y cleansed by thoroughly washing it with wa-j' terat the inside and drawing Iit off through@ the discharge-pipe G. After the Washing is accomplished lthe manhole-cover is repl'acedi and the tank is ready for being charged again and sent out on its regular route of delivery on the following day.

The delivery-tank A may be inclosed during the summer season by a refrigeratingcasing, so that the liquor is delivered at the same or nearly the same temperature which it has in the cellars of the brewery to the tank or tanks of the customer. The tanks may also be arranged in a suitable refrigerator, so that the liquor is kept a't the proper temperature during the hot season and can be drawn off for use as soon as charged in the tanks of the delivery apparatus.

Having thus described my invention, what J I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A tank-wagon for delivering fermented liquor, consisting of a Wheeled frame, a tank supported on the same, said tank being provided lwith a dome, a receiver for carbonio acid supportedv on the Wheeled frame of the tank, a valved discharge-pipe connected with the bottom of the tank, a gas-supply pipe connecting the receiver with the dome of the tank, a pressure-reducing valve in said gassupply pipe, and a valved pipe connecting the gas-supply pipe, beyond the pressure-reducing Valve, with the discharge-pipe, substantially as set forth. n

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention Ihave signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses. n

. JACOB GRN.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, M. H. WURTZEL. 

